The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-05
APPALLING GEs,
Frightful Railroad Collision
Near Republic, 0.
THE HEARTRENDING DETAILS.
Passengers Burned to shapeless
Masses-ManY InJured-Complete
Wreck of the Trains. ,
Horrible Casualty {.

TrFF1N, O., January 4.-The last train
on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
which left New York about 9o'clock
Yesterday, for Chicago, with i've
coaches and four sleepers. all well tiled
with passengers, collided with an
eastern bound freight, seven miles east
of this city, about o'clock this morn
ing. The fast train was about nifty
minutes late, and was running az tne
rate of sixty miles an hour. RAISING
RenubIic a small station, like flash,
they rushed along to curve, one mile
vest of town. when suddenly the en-
oineer saw a freight train under tuu
headway, within 100 yards OF him. he
az once applied the brakes and reversed
his engine. but it did no good, and
the next instant the crash came.
SsIescoDing the coaches and piling them
mn on each other. To add to the
Transformation of the horrible scene,
fire broke out in the smoking car, and
soon spread to the other-csrs.-Ma
we're killed outright, while others were
wedged in among broken cars. Slowly
the cars were consumed by the names.
The screams of the wounded and dying
we're heartrending, but no assistance
could be given, until farmer aWak-
ened BY the crash, came and Win otner
neighbors worked like heroes TO save
the perishing. at this writing, nineteen
dead bodies have been recovered and
they lie burned and dlstgpred In the
snow beside the track. Help was sent
from Republic and this city as soon as
the news was received. 1t is fearful
i lIu ha A al 70 mi horror
of the winter of 1877. 1t is impossible
to give the names OF the killed or
wounded at this time. The cause Of the
disaster is as yet unknown. -1 C. " =
One of the passengers Of the Inflated
train says the train was the Baltimore
& Ohio limited express which left Wash
ingtOn at 10 An. yesterday. Al. 2.15
this morning he was awakened by
being thrown violently from his berth.
The train consisted of the engine, bag
gage, one coach and two sleepers. The
train collided with an east bound
freight which had got started q mile
west of Republic. The two engines
were utterly wrecked and the coach
telescoped into the baggage car so COM
pletely that the two cars We're crushed
INTO the space of one. The two
sleepers did not leave the track.
The telescoped cars caught fire from
q stove and the mangled and crushed
passengers imprisoned IN the shattered
wreck shrieked in agony as the flames
enVeIoped them. The engineer and
fireman of the freight leaped to save
themselves before the collision. The
engineer OF the express had a leg
broken and sustained a severe wound
in the shoulder; bis fireman was caught
between the engine and tender and
died in a few minutes. The unlnjured
passengers and residents of the neigh
boThood set to work to aid the wounded
passengers III the burning cars, rescuing
all who could be reached. The baggage
man of the express was thrown through
the roof Of the car, escaping with
who was sitting beside him was killed
instantly. No one in the sleepers
was injured in the least. Among the
passengers in the sleeper were Mrs.
Fish, of Joliet, Illinois, sister of Gen.
eral Logan, and her son Charles. The
shock was so terrific that farmers in
the neighborhood took it to be an
earthquake. In the confusion of the
wreck a hot dispute arose among the
train men as to the responsibility of the
disaster. 1t appeared the freight was
running on the time of the express. The
engineer was heard to remark that be
mad left the last siding with only thirty
pounds Of steam, and on the up grade
east OF Tlttin his engine went back on
MIN and the train stalled. No danger
signals were sent out, and the express
was running at full speed down grade
ana around curve, and had no warn
ing OF the impending disaster until an
Instant before the collision.y sFSTCFg- {
TOLEDO, January 4.-The total num-
ger OF passengers on the wrecked train
was SlXty-hye. Ten dead bodies were
saAsh out and three are believed to be
~ me runs. The names of the dead,
IaE as Identified, are as follows: f.
~ BARLEY: Washington; VIM.
e-erIcH, Washington, fireman of the
express; Joseph Osterman and two
SSoHs, Oh MartnSburg, w. Va: Mrs,
oste5man and two other children were
sa'eu; Inc smoker was entirely con-
3 3-iWI5 ana all the passengers in it were
1lneu; All the mail and express matter
vas destroyed. About dozen of the
, %IIuuueG nave been taken to Republic.
c %uele 'ney are being cared for BY the
IL IS now estimated that twenty-five
pelsonS were burned to death in the
THE COLLISION 5
occurred one mile from the town and
nearly half a mile from any dwelling,
and at ? o'clock in the morning. 1t is
related Of one Bradley, prominert
hnlsht OF Labor from Washington.
Egho, while the flames were bursting
n tron me car windows which had been
-, Sb-oAgn IN by the crash or the collision
49, no. ne oy some means, put out his
~ ana tnrew his watch and pocket
~ 10 those VII ON he could see on
f f1J outside, he was pinned on the
,hIlue and was being roasted alive, but
Use VINO saw him were unable to
c'.I IiI MIN the least relief. They
st $50 near the frenzied and horror
- 'IS i. man as Le iladly endeayored
~, 4uISt the barrier that held him in
- 80 Ll'eFy prison. The charred remains
~ sHe express messenger consisted sim
E,s oil two thigh bones, which were
1 .; IN the debris OF the car. The er-
nee, SlleeT and fireman OF the frefghtre-
''-sso iRelE engine. and Jumped for the
'-' az. ItAst ft4tEE.